History
At the beginning of the 19th century, Narsinghpur District in the domain of the Maratha Bhonsle Maharajas of Nagpur, but was ceded to the British Raj in 1818. Narsinghpur District was part of the Nerbudda (Narmada) Division of the Central Provinces and Berar, which became the state of Madhya Bharat (later Madhya Pradesh) after India's independence in 1947.
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